Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 75628
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Keldon Frigate
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 202
Standardized tonnage IMP 148
Guns mounted 12
Vessel owners South Sea Company
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Voyage completed as intended
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Not captured
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Delivered slaves for original owners
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP London
First place of slave purchase Cabinda
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cabinda
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1723
Date voyage began 1722-04-18
Date trade began in Africa 1722-08-10
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1723-02-07
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1723-06-05
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 295
Middle passage (days) IMP 110
Captain and Crew Captain's name Bonniman, Joseph
Crew at voyage outset 35
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 450
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 457
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 457
Total slaves embarked IMP 457
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 356
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 296
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 356
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 64.1%
Percentage women IMP 9.5%
Percentage boys IMP 20.4%
Percentage girls IMP 6.0%
Percentage male IMP 84.5%
Percentage children IMP 26.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 101
Mortality rate IMP 22.1%
Source Sources JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, fol. 6r:

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


CO390/7:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO388/25,377,380:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T70/1515:

British National Archives (Kew)


Palmer,48: Palmer, Colin, Human Cargoes: The British Slave Trade to Spanish America (Urbana, 1981).
T70/958,41-2:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/923,34-7:

British National Archives (Kew)


Galenson,165: Galenson, David, Traders, Planters and Slaves: Market Behaviour in Early English America (Cambridge, 1986).
Donnan,II,293:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


T70/7,f.37:

British National Archives (Kew)